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Emily Sullivan

  • Master of Social Work Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
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Past: @pbpost, @jaxdotcom, @AtlantaMagazine, @emorywheel & @EmoryMedicine mag. I cut Jimmy Carter from my old profile photo b/c he's too photogenic. She/her
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Coming out cost him his home, but helping others fills his life

Coming out cost him his home, but helping others fills his life

Florida Times-Union — Seth Owen spent the last seven months spawning a foundation with a check from Ellen DeGeneres and dashing around the Capitol to clock internship hours.Standing at a gawky 6 feet 4 inches, Owen shares his story to help empower others.
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House bill would increase fines for CSX train stoppages

House bill would increase fines for CSX train stoppages

Florida Times-Union — Baldwin's tiny rail yard cannot accommodate CSX's 15,000-foot-long trains, which routinely spill out onto city roads, blocking traffic for minutes or hours, aggravating drivers and hurting businesses A small-town mayor's bill to stop a railroad from parking its trains all over his town and blocking traffic could take effect this summer if passed by the Florida Legislature.
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Boyhood Disrupted

Boyhood Disrupted

Emory Medicine Magazine — That afternoon, while Harrison was testing out the vacuum, his nine-year-old son, Brayden, slipped outside with his younger sister, Jessica. He wanted to show her that he could climb the entire height of a neighbor's tree. When Jessica returned home, she was alone and terrified. "He's not moving," she told her dad.
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Judge sentences toddler Aiden McClendon's killers to life in prison

Judge sentences toddler Aiden McClendon's killers to life in prison

Florida Times-Union — A judge sentenced the two teenagers responsible for the January 2016 shooting death of 22-month-old Aiden McClendon to life in prison Thursday.By law because they were juveniles at the time of the tot's killing, each will have a opportunity to have his case reviewed in 25 years, perhaps giving them a chance of life outside of barbed wire one day.Judge Steven Whittington admonished the teens, telling them their age gave them the only glimmer of hope.
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Arts supporters step up lobbying effort for more money

Arts supporters step up lobbying effort for more money

Florida Times-Union — Jacksonville artists are stumped after Mayor Lenny Curry's proposed annual budget indicated they might need to spend less - again - even in the ominous aftermath of the state's near 90-percent slashes to some arts funds.The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, which requests and funnels money from the city to local arts and cultural organizations, is asking arts supporters to lobby city officials for more money.That effort comes as the City Council
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Clay County judge wins appeal to keep opponent off ballot

Clay County judge wins appeal to keep opponent off ballot

Florida Times-Union — The First District Court of Appeal affirmed Wednesday the decision to scratch Lucy Ann Hoover's name from ballots for Clay County Judge Group 2.Clay County Judge Kristina Mobley, who is running to keep her seat, filed an emergency motion in May to strike her opponent from Aug. 28 primary election ballots.
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Gay student gets college help after dispute with parents

Gay student gets college help after dispute with parents

Florida Times-Union — Seth Owen lay for hours on his bedroom floor, staring at the ceiling fan that circled in excruciating redundancy as he tried to process being a gay high school student rejected by his own parents' religious beliefs.Owen left home Feb. 11 when discord between him and his parents erupted.
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Jacksonville Beach officer home and suspect jailed after both shot outside Waffle House

Jacksonville Beach officer home and suspect jailed after both shot outside Waffle House

Florida Times-Union — A Jacksonville Beach police officer is back home after taking two bullets in a gun battle Wednesday night outside a Waffle House following a random attack on another officer. The 27-year-old suspect also was wounded. Cpl. William Eierman, a 16-year-veteran, is recovering from being shot in the leg and pelvic area.
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First responders wrap up summer training with mock school shooting

First responders wrap up summer training with mock school shooting

Florida Times-Union — Five mock gunshots jolted First Coast High School on Friday morning as 57 law-enforcement and fire-rescue responders practiced how they would respond to a school shooting.The scenario: a distressed student rips out a gun between class periods, just before 9 a.m. He injures 20 students, eight critically, then turns the weapon on himself."Code red, code red!"
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School amendment sparking local concern, debate

School amendment sparking local concern, debate

Florida Times-Union — Duval County School Board members are expected to take a stance Tuesday on a proposed constitutional amendment that could strip Florida school boards of exclusive oversight over local charter and magnet schools.Amendment 8 is slated to appear on general election ballots, its success hinging on whether 60 percent of voters approve.Three Florida school board officials, including the Constitution Review Commission's Erika Donalds and Duval County's Scott Shine,
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Jacksonville transgender community voices concerns at sheriff's workshop

Jacksonville transgender community voices concerns at sheriff's workshop

Florida Times-Union — She spoke in front of more than 100 members of Jacksonville's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community joined by some police officers, fresh off being assaulted Thursday morning and dealing with Jacksonville Sheriff's Office officials over that crime.Emotion filled the 28-year-old transgender woman's voice as she asked Sheriff Mike Williams questions at a community meeting set up at Florida State College at Jacksonville in the wake of three of its members of color slain violently and
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UNF to Papa John's: Take your pizza dough and go

UNF to Papa John's: Take your pizza dough and go

Florida Times-Union — University of North Florida announced Wednesday it is giving the Papa John's brand the boot after the pizza company's founder used racially-charged language during a conference call. UNF President David Szymanski said Wednesday the university recently requested its on-campus food vendor, Chartwells, drop the Papa John's outlet in the student union building.
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Jacksonville man, 66, found competent to stand trial in 1984 homicide

Jacksonville man, 66, found competent to stand trial in 1984 homicide

Florida Times-Union — James Leon Jackson will stand trial in a first-degree murder case despite uncertainties over his mental health, a court ruled Monday.Jackson's defense team raised alarms July 7 after mental health experts insisted the 66 year old is not competent to go on trial.
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Mural recalls story of 'Ax Handle Saturday,' 1960 sit-ins

Mural recalls story of 'Ax Handle Saturday,' 1960 sit-ins

Florida Times-Union — That 16-year-old, the president of Jacksonville's NAACP Youth Council, led up to 85 young people in Jacksonville sit-ins that summer. On Aug. 27, a sit-in turned bloody, white people brandished ax handles and baseball bats as they chased down the young demonstrators.
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Students' 'Road to Change' runs through Jacksonville

Students' 'Road to Change' runs through Jacksonville

Florida Times-Union — Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and alumni touched down their tour Friday in Jacksonville to help register young voters and spur dialogue on gun culture and minority communities.One of those students, Adam Alhanti, 17, has been on the Parkland-motivated "Road to Change" tour for weeks.
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Duval schools look for assurances on marijuana dispensaries

Duval schools look for assurances on marijuana dispensaries

Florida Times-Union — Pending medical marijuana legislation that allows dispensaries to petition to operate within 500 feet of schools collided with a few concerns Tuesday during a City Council workshop.Duval County School Board member Warren Jones said medical marijuana outlets could jeopardize student safety, adding he and some other School Board members worry the high-cash dispensaries might apply to open near more schools and that could spark an increase in robberies.
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WWII vet turns 100, recalls her years of service

WWII vet turns 100, recalls her years of service

Florida Times-Union — A pioneering Women's Army Auxiliary Corps volunteer turned 100 Friday, clinging to her bed railing as she recounted her time as a typist behind the American World War II effort.Anne Butler, who grew up in America and Poland, has just her memory and several colorless portraits to remind her of the years she spent stationed in old New York City offices.
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Plan for old K-Mart center gets a resounding 'No'

Plan for old K-Mart center gets a resounding 'No'

Florida Times-Union — The Neptune Beach Community Development Board unanimously voted the city deny a plan to revitalize the deteriorating K-Mart center, a project that met with opposition from hundreds of residents Wednesday during a vocal, sometimes heated, five-hour meeting at Fletcher High School.Developers presented their proposal Wednesday for 500 and 572 Atlantic Boulevard, which would bring 175 housing units, a 74-room boutique hotel, a public parking deck, a new location for a community theater and a
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Specialists disagree whether murder suspect can stand trial, help defense

Specialists disagree whether murder suspect can stand trial, help defense

Florida Times-Union — Mental health specialists who examined the 66-year-old man charged in a capital murder case testified Thursday as to whether they find him competent to stand trial.James Leon Jackson, who wheeled his oxygen tank into court, was arrested over five years ago for the 1984 murder and sexual battery of a 10-year-old girl.Three professionals testified they do not find Jackson competent and worry he could not recall facts, process court proceedings or fully exercise his rights in a trial that could
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Neptune Beach board recommends the city reject new plan for old K-Mart center

Neptune Beach board recommends the city reject new plan for old K-Mart center

Florida Times-Union — The Neptune Beach Community Development Board unanimously voted the city deny a plan to revitalize the deteriorating K-Mart center, a project that met with opposition from hundreds of residents Wednesday during a vocal, sometimes heated, five-hour meeting at Fletcher High School.The proposed development of 500 and 572 Atlantic Boulevard, a 17-acre property built in 1977 and zoned for commercial use, would bring to Neptune Beach 175 housing units, a 74-room boutique hotel, a public parking deck,
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Jacksonville 6-year-old dies from dog attack injuries

Jacksonville 6-year-old dies from dog attack injuries

Florida Times-Union — Jaelah Smith, 6, died Tuesday night from injuries after a pit-bull terrier mauled her.Jaelah clung to life for over two days after the dog attacked her Sunday in her Herrick Drive home in Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville girl, 6, on life support after dog mauls her

Jacksonville girl, 6, on life support after dog mauls her

Florida Times-Union — Jaelah Smith, 6, is struggling for her life after a pit-bull terrier attacked her Sunday. Jaelah remains on life support, said her mother, Sheree Smith, on Monday afternoon, still hoping for her daughter's recovery. The pit-bull terrier, which Smith was watching for someone else, attacked Jaelah at her Arlington home just before 10:20 a.m.
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North Florida Shipyards faces $271,061 in safety violation fines

North Florida Shipyards faces $271,061 in safety violation fines

Florida Times-Union — A 12-week Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection proposed North Florida Shipyards pay $271,061 for violating safety precautions after a 34-year-old employee drowned in the St.
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Lawyer says cold-case killing suspect shouldn't face death penalty

Lawyer says cold-case killing suspect shouldn't face death penalty

Florida Times-Union — An effort failed Tuesday to spare James Leon Jackson, 66, from a possible death sentence on charges of murder and sexual battery in the case of 10-year-old Tammy Welch.The August 1984 cold-case killing froze for almost 30 years before investigators matched Jackson's cheek swab to DNA extracted from Tammy's sexual assault kit.Officers arrested Jackson in 2013 when he was 60, his build medium and his hair black.Now, he appears meek, his hair gray as he awaits his trial.Detectives
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